Interview with Americana Artist Pam Ross on 'Two Shots of Tequila'

MuzicNotez: What motivated you to start creating music? What age did you begin?

What motivated you to start creating music? What age did you begin?

Pam Ross: I started writing songs when I was a kid. Would come up with beats in my head and put words to them. I was always running around singing my songs. I started playing guitar when I was 15 or 16 and eventually started putting music to my lyrics.

MuzicNotez: Who were your musical influences, idols, or bands growing up that have helped mold you into the musician you are today? Or helped mold the music that you create?

Pam Ross: I have a wide range of influences. My mom was big into classic country music like Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and folks like that. My sisters and brother were a lot older than me and they were into rock and were listening to Elton John, Led Zepplin, and Springsteen, and other artists like that. So, I had this spectrum of influences when I was young. When I got older, Van Halen was huge to me. Eddie was, and still is, my guitar hero. I also got into Nirvana, Pink Floyd, John Mellencamp, and Sound Garden.
Each genre and artist has something special that stands out to me and helped influence me. I loved Van Halen and Pink Floyd for the amazing guitar work. Elton / Bernie, Springsteen, Melloncamp, and the classic country artists told great stories in their songs. I was also drawn to the agressivness of grunge. There was a lot passion on the genre. It was very real.

Website: PamRossMusic.com
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MuzicNotez: What’s the ultimate goal you want your music to achieve, or for you to achieve in your career as a musician? Any particular message you wish to send?

Pam Ross: I want to make a decent living playing and writing songs. Either having myself get signed by a record company and making my songs hits or have another artist record them and make them hits. I guess I really just want to have some hit records. It would be really cool to be the one who makes my songs a hit but I really would be OK if other artist did that for me. As long as I’m making music for a living, I’ll be happy.

MuzicNotez: What’s the latest release of yours? Tell us about it.

Pam Ross: Two Shots of Tequila is my latest release. This one leans more in the americana / alt-country direction. I was going through a break-up at the time and told myself one way or another I was going to get through this. Most sad songs are saying, “Oh, my life is over….my heart is broken and I’ll never recover, my world has ended…blah, blah, boo-hoo.” So, I decided to write something a little different. It’s about recognizing the pain and knowing you’ll survive. People change, things don’t always work out as planned, but I’ll get through this. I was trying to take a strong, positive approach to what I was going through. It was a hard song to write because I was really going through a lot of pain, but I refused to let myself be beaten.
For me, this is actually an old song. I dusted it off in late 2021 and thought it was good but needed a rewrite. It took me awhile, but I eventually rewrote 50% of the music and about 85% of lyrics. It turned out much better..